87 FR 125 pgs. 39129-39130 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption for Insurance and Annuity Contracts and Mutual Fund Principal Underwriters
Type: NOTICEVolume: 87Number: 125Pages: 39129 - 39130
Pages: 39129, 39130FR document: [FR Doc. 2022-14004 Filed 6-29-22; 8:45 am]
Agency: Labor Department
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption for Insurance and Annuity Contracts and Mutual Fund Principal Underwriters
ACTION:
Notice of availability; request for comments.
SUMMARY:
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
DATES:
The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency receives on or before August 1, 2022.
ADDRESSES:
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting "Currently under 30-day Review-Open for Public Comments" or by using the search function.
Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-693-8538, or by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (PTE) 84-24, as amended, provides an exemption for insurance agents, insurance brokers and pension consultants to receive a sales commission from an insurance company in connection with the purchase, with plan or IRA assets, of an insurance or annuity contract. Relief is also provided for a principal underwriter for an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to receive a sales commission in connection with the purchase, with plan or IRA assets, of securities issued by the investment company. To ensure that the class exemption is not abused, that the rights of the participants and beneficiaries are protected, and that the exemption's conditions are being complied with, the Department often requires minimal information collection pertaining to the affected transactions. For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on March 17, 2022 (87 FR 15267).
[top] This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and the public is generally not required to respond to an information collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL-EBSA.
Title of Collection: Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption for Insurance and Annuity Contracts and Mutual Fund Principal Underwriters.
OMB Control Number: 1210-0158.
Affected Public: Private Sector-Businesses or other for-profits and not-for-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 7,988.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 258,041.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 45,277 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $11,743.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Dated: June 23, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-14004 Filed 6-29-22; 8:45 am]
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